All sorts of pets get abandoned. :(

My sister in law works at a local shelter, and this pretty lady was found abandoned in a Kritter Keeper in a local park. She is enormous.

Thing is, if I'm right about the species, she's actually worth a fair bit of money and I don't know why anyone would dump her instead of selling her. I'm going to post a picture of her on a tarantula forum as soon as I'm approved to join and confirm my suspicion about her species before I mention it here. Poor thing is very stressed out, and has scratched all the hair off of her abdomen. I'm hoping to get an answer about her species quickly so I can get a care sheet to the shelter to get her set up as well as possible.

I WISH I could bring her home and foster her here, but my husband would kill me. Then he would die. Then possibly kill me again for good measure.

Female Goliath Bird Eating Tarantula ????

I was looking in the pet section criags list north jersey
I saw a picture that looks like the picture of the spider you posted.
This is the posting below I could not get the image to attach but if you copy and past the link it should come up

I have a 6.5" Female Goliath Bird Eating Tarantula. that's looking for a new home or Breeding project. She comes with her 18qt locking enclosure,substrate,live moss and hide. She is a voracious eater that will take anything you offer and she is calm enough to be handled. I'm asking $125 or trade for another T. ( Brazilian Black, MM B.Smithi,Female Chaco Golden Knee, Male Skeleton, Male Brazilian Black and White,Male Fire Leg) let me know what you have. Thanks